Robert Scheer

Contributing Editor

Robert Scheer, a contributing editor to The Nation, is editor of Truthdig.com and author of The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street (Nation Books), The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America (Twelve) and Playing President (Akashic Books). He is author, with Christopher Scheer and Lakshmi Chaudhry, of The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq (Akashic Books and Seven Stories Press.) His weekly column, distributed by Creators Syndicate, appears in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Thugs Make Unreliable Allies Thugs Make Unreliable Allies

Are we losing it? Have the recent acts of terrorism caused us to cut our moorings in a flood of outrage and frustration?

Oct 3, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Falwell Should Have Listened to the Feminists Falwell Should Have Listened to the Feminists

Ever hear of the Feminist Majority?

Sep 26, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Destined to Shadowbox With the Devil Destined to Shadowbox With the Devil

In a war on terror, there is no victory, for terrorism will always exist. It can be contained, but not eradicated.

Sep 18, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

W, Ever Hear of FDR? Fix Some Potholes, Help Some Schoolkids W, Ever Hear of FDR? Fix Some Potholes, Help Some Schoolkids

Finally, President Bush is "deeply worried" about the economy. Yep, in remarks last week, he even went so far as to observe that "the recovery is very slow in coming."

Sep 4, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Bush Binds Us Into a Fiscal Straitjacket Bush Binds Us Into a Fiscal Straitjacket

Are we all dimwits? We just sit there with goofy looks on our faces while the economy sputters and the President blows what remains of the budget surplus on a tax giveaway to ...

Aug 28, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

You Can Use God to Justify Anything You Can Use God to Justify Anything

The country was founded on the idea of keeping religion and politics separate--but you'd hardly know this by the way the idea of the Almighty has intruded itself into political...

Aug 21, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Bush’s Faustian Deal With the Taliban Bush’s Faustian Deal With the Taliban

Enslave your girls and women, harbor anti-US terrorists, destroy every vestige of civilization in your homeland, and the Bush Administration will embrace you. All that matters is...

May 22, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Times and Wen Ho Lee The Times and Wen Ho Lee

The paper of record has a curiously difficult time reporting the 'Chinese espionage' case.

Feb 8, 2001 / Robert Scheer

These Messes Are What Deregulation Gets Us These Messes Are What Deregulation Gets Us

We do need government regulation—not to build socialism but to save capitalism.

Dec 26, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Powell Will Make Heard the Voice of the Common Man… Powell Will Make Heard the Voice of the Common Man…

Some reasons (personal and political) for applauding Colin Powell's new appointment.

Dec 19, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

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